Ministry of Agriculture and Food
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Chronic Wasting Disease: All known animals in Nordfjella dispatched
2018-02-27: The Norwegian Environment Agency reports that the last known group of wild reindeer of Zone 1 in Nordfjella has been felled. Now the area is to be searched to make sure it is cleared of animals. 17 cases of CWD have been detected in reindeer from Nordfjella.
1 million seed samples are now stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
2018-02-26: Today, just over 76,000 new seed samples were carried into Svalbard Global Seed Vault for long-term storage. This means that the seed vault now holds more than 1 million seed samples from gene banks worldwide. Norway's Miinister for Agriculture and Food, Jon Georg Dale, hosted today's anniversary celebration as representatives from 23 international gene banks carried their seed samples into the vault.
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- Norway’s Deputy Minister Visits Malawi with International Treaty News story 2018-03-07
- Chronic Wasting Disease: All known animals in Nordfjella dispatched News story 2018-02-27
- 1 million seed samples are now stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 2018-02-26
- The government proposes to allocate 100 million NOK to upgrade the Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 2018-02-23
- Ten-year anniversary of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 2018-02-22
- The Government's Bioeconomy Strategy News story 2018-02-16
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The Government's Bioeconomy Strategy
2018-02-16: The Government's Bioeconomy Strategy is now available in english. The strategy was developed in a collaboration between the Ministries of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Agriculture and Food, Climate and Environment, Education and Research, Local Government and Modernisation, Petroleum and Energy, Transport and Communications and Foreign Affairs.
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Phone: +47 22 24 90 90
Address: , Postboks 8007 Dep. 0030 Oslo
Visitor address: Teatergata 9 (R6),